Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schossig

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schossig is Director of the Division »Heat and Buildings« at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg. Since 2016 Peter Schossig has been a lecturer at the University of Freiburg, Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (Solar Energy an Energy Storage). Since the year 2022 Peter Schossig is the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the »International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES)« annually organized and owned by the European Association for Renewable Energy (EUROSOLAR), Bonn.

Dr.-Ing. Peter Schossig studied Physics (diploma study) at the University of Freiburg. He successfully completed his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in the field of architecture, Institute of Building Physics and Building Technology (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2015. He started at Fraunhofer ISE in 2005 as a scientific researcher and since 2017 has been responsible for approx. 250 employees in the departments »Energy Efficient Buildings«, »Heating and Cooling Technologies« and »High Temperature Solar Thermal and Industrial Processes«, research group »Characterization, Testing and Quality Assurance« with its accredited testing facilities, and coordinator offices »Heat pumps«, »Solar Thermal« and »Innovation Management«.